Splitting Medical Bills

[MemberParticipant 323]

Short and sweet. Anyone here have experience with splitting medical bills with ex?

Kid had procedure. My insurance has high deductible. Bill for uncovered expenses shall be coming soon. Probably several thousand dollars but we shall see. Decree says 50/50 split of bills after insurance pays it’s share. Ex is going to stall or try to weasel out of paying her half. I have asked the Hospital to bill her directly for her half but not sure if they will even do it.

Any direct experience with getting ex to pay other than playing the court game? That always ends up costing more money and time with little to no consequence for the ex ( I am a man so its assumed I am wrong every time lol).

Just looking for some opinions from those who have actually dealt with this.

Thanks

[Anonymous 42]

Pay your legal obligation and let her beg the state to pay her half, only pay what you’re obligated and tell the hospital to collect the rest from her.

It’s not your legal obligation to pay more than half the bill. If they harass you further tell them to take you to court and spend their dime and waste their time and possibly sue them for harassment if they continue without court action.

Show your f~~~ing teeth!

[Faust For ScienceParticipant 22521]

The true splitting of the medical bills are the working class are made to pay the medical bills for the rich and poor while at the same time the working class are denied the funds to pay for their own medical needs.

It does not take a genius to figure out how this is going to play out, and it is not going to be pretty.

[Old BuckParticipant 3596]

Unfortunately, since you used your insurance, you are responsible for the whole deductible. The hospital will not split the bill with your ex.

But, since your ex is responsible for half, getting the money from her might require a small claims suit. Talk to your lawyer, the initial consultation should be free.

Don't chase tail. Turn yours around, walk away, and live free!

[MemberParticipant 323]

Update so those that deal with this may learn something.

Sent email and letter to hospital requesting that bill be split 50/50. I never expect much success since I have a dick but it usually doesn’t hurt to ask….testing the limits so to speak. To my surprise…..

“Good Morning Mr. Blank,

I received your e-mail in regards to your son Blank services with Blank. Upon review Blank(ex) is listed as his responsible party and the billing will be sent to her, as we are unable to split the billing in our system.

Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance. ”

Is that not priceless? I am sure once she gets the bill she will go ballistic and they will switch it back to me but it is still funny. She will assume I have done something treacherous of course and threaten accordingly. I will pay my half promptly and then it will be interesting to see how the hospital handles getting her half. I assume they will come back at me very quickly because she has a vagina but who knows? Amusing stuff.

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